Highlights
Saudi Arabia’s fighter jets are expected to arrive in Turkish Incirlik base, this week to start their campaign against the Daesh in Syria.
According to Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu the jets are expected to arrive between 25th and 26th February and will join the equipment and personnel already on the ground.
Summary:
Saudi warplanes are expected to join the US, British and French fight jets in the Incirlik base from where they will launch their airstrikes against the ISIS in Syria. At least 4 Saudi F-15s are expected to join several dozen grounds men and equipment that have been delivered in the cause of the week.
Saudi Arabia and Turkey share a common ideologies especially being dominantly Sunni-Islam in composition and think the only way to end the 5-year civil unrest in Syria is by ousting current President Bashar al-Assad.
Turkey recently joined the anti-IS coalition favoring ground operation on condition that they are in coordination with Saudi Arabia, Western and Gulf members. The joint collaboration of airstrikes and ground combat will ensure that large areas are cleared of the militants with minimalist casualties.
